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Friday night, 10:45pm. A rainy street.

FX: High heels running along the pavement.FX: Car irregularly pass by.FX: Mobile phone rings.Laura: Shit.FX: Phone beep.Laura: Hello. (short pause.) Mum, Im fine. I moved away, like, a fewdays ago and you are still calling me every hour to see how Imsurviving. Im Twenty-one, not five. (short pause) What am I doing?Checking the local surroundings. (very short pause) Yes in this weather.(short pause) [sigh] Fine. I will look for shelter till the rain stops. Yeah, Ilove you too. Give my love to dad and tell him to lay off the pies; lordknows he doesnt need another heart attack.FX: Phone Beep.

FX: Squeak of leather.

Taurus: Bar tender! Ill have whatever shes having.Laura: Can I have aTaurus: Well have Vodka shots. Taurus.Laura: What?Taurus: Im Taurus.Laura: Like the zodiac sign?Taurus: I think my parents were going along the lines of the constellationbut yes. They are pretty much the same thing.Laura: Oh, ok. Well, Im Laura.Taurus: Nice to meet ya. What brings you to this classy establishment?Laura: I needed to get out of the rain, I guess. What about you?Taurus: Drinking! Another failure of another show.Laura: A show. So are you a performer, like a singer or something?Taurus: Or something, Im a magician.FX: Sound of glasses being placed on a bar.Taurus: Thank you, Bartender. Now tend to your bar.FX: Drinking and putting down the glass.Laura: That was strong.Taurus: Yeah, thats why we got it.Laura: So, what kind of magic do you do?FX: Rustling.

Taurus: Voila.Laura: Blue Roses, my favourite.Taurus: I thought so. Its cause they match your eyes. Have you everthought of selling them to a voodoo witch?Laura: No, it hasnt really crossed my mind.Taurus: Good, you shouldnt. They can can be real tricky. I fell in lovewith one once but then she just wanted my DNA for her doll. Never messwith Voodoo; it is some scary shit. (Pause) Moving on... what do youdo?Laura: What do you mean?Taurus: Well, my day job is a magician. Cause I am that amazing at it.What is yours?Laura: Oh, well, Im kind of inbetween jobs at the moment, you knowhow it is. But I just got into town so I need to find something.Taurus: To the bullet hole in our life plan.Laura: Cheers.FX: Glasses clinking together.FX: Glasses being placed down on the table.FX: Electrical surge.Taurus: Jesus, Gary. Did you forget to pay the electric bill, again?FX: Light bulb explosion.Laura: Shit.Taurus: And yet this room is still brighter than my future. [snickers]

FX: Glass smashing.

FX: Rain hitting the pavement.Laura: What was that?Taurus: I dont know. Im not an encyclopedia.FX: Monster/ bug like clicking.Laura: What are those big bug like weird alien things?Taurus: Give me the roses.Laura: Why?Taurus: Just give me them.FX: Flowers rustling.Taurus: Florie onti sea-l. Stand back. This is about to get way uglier thanthey already are.FX: Metal clashing with metal.FX: Monster/ bug like clicking and grunting.Taura: You know, [grunt], you could help. Gary, get her a beer in a bottle.Laura: What am I supposed to do with this? OhFX: A beer being gulped down and a glass bottle smashing.Taurus: [grunt] One left.Laura: Then lets do it together. (short pause) What?Taurus: That was really cheesy.Laura: Doesnt really matter. [grunts]Taura: [heavy grunts] *sighs*.

Call a painter. We need to document the prestigious winner of this

daring battle.Laura: Ok, [deep breath] What the hell were they?Taurus: What did it look like?Laura: Weird big bug like creature.Taurus: Thats exactly what they were. Well done, gold star.Laura: I meant do they have an actual name?Taurus: Yes, they do in 50 different languages but I cant pronounce anyof them.Laura: Ok, that reasonable. I suppose, not really. Second question: Howdid you turn the roses into a sword?Taurus: I told you, Im a magician. And I wasnt kidding about the painter.